This year, meteorologists expect things to be relatively calm with nine possible tropical storms and three likely hurricanes.

而气象家预计今年可能的9场热带风暴及3场飓风的活跃度相对低调。

And though the storm has relatively early in the season, meteorologists say its formation doesn't necessarily mean that this year's hurricane season will be as busy as last year's.

尽管风暴的产这个季节相对较早，但气象家说，它的形成并不一定意味着今年的飓风季节将和去年一样。

A CNN meteorologist said the storms also carried damaging winds and hail.

CNN的气象家说，风暴还带来了破坏性的风和冰雹。

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Number one, an earthquake occurs when two blocks of the Earth slip fast each other.

查德·迈尔斯 美国数会气象家：第一，震是由板块相互压造成的。

Meteorology is a subject of the earth's atmosphere.

气象是研究大气层的一门科。

So to find the true hottest place on earth, we need an army of meteorology students to install and monitor thermometers on every inch of the planet.

那么，为了找到上真正最热的方，我们需要一大群气象的每一寸土上安装和监控温度计。

It was put together by Robert FitzRoy, a captain in the Royal Navy and a pioneer in the field of meteorology, who led the department which later became the Met Office.

这是由罗伯特·菲茨罗伊拟定的，他是皇家海军的船长，还是气象的先驱。他所领导的部门后来成为了气象局。

By this time, write John and Mary Gribbin, you would have been hard pressed to find a geologist or meteorologist who regarded the model as being anything more than an historical curiosity.

到了这个时候，用一部记述该时期的史书里的话来说：“你会迫切需要找到一位认为那个计算结果不仅仅是一个古董质家或气象家。”

And as I got older, I recognized that meteorology, weather was the science that allowed us to know about hurricanes.

随着年龄增长，我逐渐意识到，气象，即天气科，是我们了解飓风的窗口。

But what is it exactly that meteorologists see, well let`s take a look.

但是气象家到底看到了什么呢，让我们来看看。

One meteorologist says it could dump 10 trillion gallons of rainfall on North Carolina alone.

一位气象家称，它可能北卡罗来纳州带来10万亿加仑的降水。

In the early days, military meteorologists used to name storms after their wives and girlfriends.

早些年，军事气象家常以其妻子和女友的名字来命名风暴。

Well, the first meteorologist had to weather a " birden" .

第一位气象家必须经受住一只鸟的考验。

Thankfully, he got the meteorologist of his report across and even with his burning frustration, the weather itself still manage to ensure it was a cold ending.

谢天谢，他把燃烧着的沮丧情绪带入了他的气象家报告里，但最后还是会以天气仍然寒冷收场。

But when a snowstorm hit last week after the six-week period had passed, the sheriff's office said it was sick of a rodent masquerading as a meteorologist.

但是，当上周的暴风雪结束时已经超过六周了，警长办公室说，他们已经厌倦了一个被伪装成气象家的啮齿动物。

According to meteorologists, it's not accurate to say the polar vortex is coming to get you but it can cause frigid air to invade the continent and that's exactly what it will be doing this weekend.

根据气象家的说法，极漩涡侵袭的说法并不准确，但它会导致寒冷空气入侵欧洲大陆，这正是本周末将要发的。

What happens when meteorologists run out of storm names in a hurricane season?

飓风季时，当气象家用尽所有风暴名称后会怎么办？

The front will drag down temperatures at it moves east, and meteorologists say if strong northeasterly winds develop over the American northeast, the type of storm called a Nor'easter is possible.

该锋面向东移动时将降低温度，气象家表示，如果强烈的东北风美国东北部盛行，就有可能出现所谓的“东北风暴”。

That's what meteorologists use with they run out of names on their annual list.

气象家这种方法命名风暴，今年几乎要把希腊字母用尽了。

CNN meteorologist Jennifer Gray tells us how these storms get their names.

CNN气象家Jennifer Gray会告诉我们这些风暴的名字是怎么来的。